Updates

Moving On

Tuesday, 11 July 2017

Hello dear subscribers. It has been a while I know. I have been living though an intense few months writing words, running workshops and writing music for different shows, including the soundtrack for an adaptation of The Borrowers running at Polka Theatre in Wimbledon until the end of August.

And then I moved.

After 13 years love, loss and laughter, children growing up, plays written and…

One Third Of The Way There + Hal An Tow

Wednesday, 10 May 2017

Hello Dear Subscribers,

The book is now one third of the way to publication thanks to your generous support. Things have slowed down a bit in the last few weeks as I took time off the campaign trail to start writing a musical about tattoos, trigger samples in a live broadcast with the BBC Concert Orchestra, and go to the wonderful Isles of Scilly to read poems to older people, run a writing…

30% and Thank You All

Monday, 10 April 2017

Hello Dear Supporters,

We have now reached 30% of the funding target with 112 people signed up. So a big thank you to everyone who has come on board so far. It was never going to be easy and is going to take a while, but I am determined to get this book out into the world.

So in the months ahead I am planning to run a series of writing workshops and events to promote the book…

Writing ME

Friday, 17 March 2017

Often, it feels selfish, in these dark days of Trump/Brexit/refugee crisis/Syria/famine in Africa, to be writing a book about Me. Then I look back over the messages received after On The Road Not Taken went out on Radio 4, and I see people who I don’t know, telling their own stories back to me. I hope that is what happens with the book. I tell one story, but there is space for the reader to relive…

New Extract. It is June 1975 and I want to buy a record...

Thursday, 23 February 2017

Here is a short extract from my work in progress memoir On The Road Not Taken. I am 13 years old and have saved up enough money to by a record. It is a big event having this much money and so stands out as a memory. Because there are two narratives in the book running concurrently, one from childhood and one set in the present, I am experimenting with writing the past story in the second…

Thank you

Tuesday, 24 January 2017

Thank you very much for subscribing to my book. I am very grateful. Here in the shed I will be posting blogs and videos that only you can see and these will tell the story of the book writing process as I progress. I will share the highs and lows of the adventure as I head down the road towards the beautifully designed hard covers that are just over the horizon. So far I have been out on the road…

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Poster

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Framed On The Road Not Taken 2016 tour poster, the audiobook, limited edition EP on CD, a signed first edition of the hardback plus the audiobook, the ebook and your name in the back of the book. Only 8 available

Gig

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Two tickets to a private show by Paul in Bristol, plus limited edition EP on CD, plus a signed first edition of the hardback plus the audiobook, the ebook and your name in the back of the book. Only 26 available

Private Show

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Private performance of the On The Road Not Taken solo show in your home. + signed first edition + EP etc, limited edition EP on CD, plus a signed first edition of the hardback, the audiobook, the ebook and your name in the back of the book.
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Patron

A special thanks printed in the front of the book, plus 10 signed first editions of the hardback, limited edition EP on CD, the audiobook, two tickets to the Bristol gig, plus the ebook and your name in the back of the book.